Ramona Quimby, Age 8

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Ramona Quimby, Age 8

• Slam Dunk Water

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individually
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in
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in di
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in di vid
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in di vid u
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in di vid u al
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in di vid u al ly
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individually

• If you speak to your friends one at a time, you
  speak to them individually.
• A typesetter had to put each letter into place
  individually.
• Do you eat raisins individually or do you eat
  several at a time?
• Think, Pair, Share Discuss with your partner
  activities that you like to do individually and
  activities that you like to do with others.

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affordable
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af
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af ford
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af ford a
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af ford a ble
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affordable

• having enough money to buy something
• With the invention of the linotype machine, books
  had become truly affordable.
• Think, Pair, Share - If you buy affordable
  clothes, are you likely to have more clothes or
  fewer clothes?

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clutter
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clut
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clut ter
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clutter

• If a place such as your desk or your room has
  clutter, it is messy and full of things you do
  not really need.
• Think, Pair, Share - Where might you find clutter
  in your house?

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visible
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vis
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vis i
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vis i ble
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visible

• you can see it
• There is so much stuff, the floor is barely
  visible.
• Think, Pair, Share - When would the moon be
  visible?

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mentioned
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men
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men tioned
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mentioned

• talked about it briefly
• I had mentioned to my children that their rooms
  needed to be cleaned.
• Think, Pair, Share - Where is someplace you have
  mentioned that you would like to go?

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beckoned
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beck
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beck oned
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beckoned

• used your hand to signal someone to come to you
• He stood in my bedroom door and beckoned to me.
• What would you do if a crossing guard beckoned to
  you?

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flustered
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flus
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flus tered
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flustered

• Made to forget what you were saying or doing
• When Mark was in the play, he became so flustered
  that he forgot his lines.
• Have you ever been flustered by a loud noise?

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remark
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re
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re mark
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remark

• something that is said about something
• The remark that you made about your sister wasnt
  nice.
• What would you remark after you saw your favorite
  movie?

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presentation
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pres
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pres en
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pres en ta
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pres en ta tion
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presentation

• to describe or perform something in front of a
  group of people
• Ramonas presentation made her teacher laugh.
• Think, Pair, Share - Would you rather give a
  presentation about a famous person or about your
  new pet? Why?

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effective
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ef
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ef fec
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ef fec tive
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effective

• when you get the result you want
• Ramonas book report was effective because her
  teacher and classmates liked it.
• During a presentation, is it more effective to
  look at your audience or to look at the floor?